This tends to be the lightest time of year for releases.
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| The Complete Lady Snowblood | |||||||||
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| Comments | Alex: Criterion Collection release of the revenge film series, starring Meiko Kaji. | ||||||||
| Irrational Man | |||||||||
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| Joe Dirt 2: Original Loser | |||||||||
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| Memories of the Sword | |||||||||
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| Comments | Alex: Korean wuxia-style film. | ||||||||
| Mobile Suit Gundam: The Movie Trilogy | |||||||||
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| Comments | Alex: A re-release of the compilation film adaptations of the original Gundam TV series. | ||||||||
| Pet Shop of Horrors | |||||||||
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| Comments | Alex: Re-release of the horror anthology anime series. | ||||||||
| Phantom from 10,000 Leagues | |||||||||
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| Sherlock: The Abominable Bride | |||||||||
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| Comments | Note that this will actually be available on Thursday, January 7 instead. | ||||||||
| The Sherlock Holmes Collection | |||||||||
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| Comments | Blaine: Both seem to include public domain content only, including episodes of the 1950s TV series starring Ronald (not “Ronnie”) Howard. Volume 1 also includes movies with Christopher Lee and Basil Rathbone. | ||||||||
| Sicario | |||||||||
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| Two For The See Saw | |||||||||
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| Two Guys From Milwaukee | |||||||||
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| The Visit | |||||||||
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| The Walk | |||||||||
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| Yongary: Monster From the Deep | |||||||||
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| Comments | Alex: Korean rubber-suited giant monster movie. | ||||||||
Finally, the picks of the week. Alex says, “Fans of period Japanese swordplay films might be interested in picking up the Lady Snowblood set. Otherwise skip this week.” Blaine says, “the Sherlock Holmes releases here should be good. I haven’t seen the New Year’s special for Sherlock yet, as I bought digital and don’t have cable, but I’d be surprised if it’s poor. The public domain stuff is largely great, which I can say with confidence having seen most of it.”
The Sherlock special was very good. I thought it was going to be a one-off bit of fun, but it actually ties to the main “Sherlock” continuity quite well.